Complete solutions for every Across and Down clue in today's New York Times Mini Crossword.
| 1 | Gift decoration | BOW |
| 4 | What might be all tied up for a basketball game | SCORE |
| 6 | What might be all tied up for a basketball game | LACES |
| 7 | Theme park that Walt Disney envisioned as a utopian city | EPCOT |
| 8 | Small | WEE |
| 1 | Lawn bowling game | BOCCE |
| 2 | Dunkable cookie | OREO |
| 3 | Direction headed by Lewis and Clark | WEST |
| 4 | Whole bunch | SLEW |
| 5 | Not every hero wears one, in a saying | CAPE |
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